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With more than two decades of legal experience, I currently serve as an Attorney at Concierge Legal Services specializing in estate planning, wills, trusts, family law, probate, appeals and litigation. My practice is grounded in delivering tailored legal solutions that safeguard clients' legacies and support their financial goals in addition to helping families an litigants during complex legal matters. Committed to collaboration and client-centered service, I bring a diverse perspective to our team, fostering trust and effective advocacy. At Concierge Legal Services, I represent clients in estate planning, probate, family law, business law, and contract matters while navigating complex litigation and appeals. My ability to conduct meticulous legal research and craft strategic solutions ensures clients receive comprehensive representation, whether planning for the future or addressing urgent legal challenges.

Frances-Marie Prizzia dedicates her law practice to upholding the constitutional rights of her clients and zealously defending them. Her passion has always been in criminal defense and public service, as evidenced by her prior work and volunteer history. For the past 15 years, Frances has dedicated herself to the practice of law. Years before opening this firm, Frances worked as an Orange County Public Defender as well as in the Los Angeles County Alternate Defender's Office. While working for Orange County as a trial attorney, she obtained many dismissals, in addition to taking more cases to jury trial and winning more than any other attorney within her unit during that time. Frances is also fluent in speaking Tagalog. Prior to becoming an attorney and while in law school, Frances worked at the Public Defender's office in Santa Cruz. As a law student, she successfully argued and won a motion to suppress evidence due to the unlawful violations of the Fourth Amendment by the investigating police officers. She also researched and wrote motions asking the court to order the disclosure of information regarding confidential informants and confidential police personnel files ("Pitchess motions.") Her compassion and commitment to making a difference and defending those who needed help is what convinced her to apply for law school. She was accepted into, and chose to enroll in, Santa Clara University School of Law, where she had also received her undergraduate degree several years earlier. But some of the reasons Frances chose to return to Santa Clara University was because of its emphasis on criminal defense and public service. In addition to extensive trial advocacy training, the school is also home to the Death Penalty College, Northern California Innocence Project, and Center for Social Justice and Public Service. While in law school, she worked at the Katharine and George Alexander Community Law Center, where she wrote two successful political asylum briefs and won a U-visa (victim of violence) application for her client, which allowed the client to obtain her permanent residency ("green card") and a work permit in the United States. Lawyer.com Member Questionnaire Please describe a case(s) in the last year or two where you made a big difference. I had a case where Filipino nurses were charged by the Attorney General’s office for criminally negligent death of a patient in a nursing home. These poor nurses did nothing but their best to take care of the patient. The doctors ruled the patient’s death as an accident and inevitable due to a heart attack since the patient was in very poor health, had recently endured surgery that he was not fully cleared for but needed to do to save his life, had a prior heart condition, and expired naturally. The AG simply was on a witch hunt because the patient’s family had a civil case and a lot of pull in this matter. The court, during the preliminary hearing, agreed with me, and refused to have these nurses held to answer. The nurses were discharged, and the court also granted a factual innocence motion I brought up in court. How did you build a successful practice? I built this practice on hard work, dedication, compassion towards my client and a lot of hustle. What should clients look for in a lawyer? Passion and heart as well as competency. Client’s should decide on a lawyer based on who they feel most comfortable with and at sync with. They should choose who they feel actually cares and will fight for their case as well as the attorney’s credentials. How important is local knowledge to the success of your cases? It is very important because different counties have different ways of running their cases and different policies that could mean a dismissal for your client or a guilty plea. What information can you provide in a free phone consultation? I provide as much information as the client would like. I do not try to make guesses. I attempt to gather as much information as I can from the client, then look the cases up in the system and attempt to give the best options I can provided with the information I have been given. What information do you need in a free phone consultation? I would need the charges that the clients are looking at, past record history, the facts of the case, what county or court the case is currently in as well as the status of the case. I also ask for what the client wants as the outcome. What differentiates you from other lawyers in your community? I have a lot of heart and compassion. I truly put myself in my client’s shoes to understand their fears and concerns so that I can obtain the best results for them. What are your other interests in addition to law? I like going to musical theatre, dancing, singing, hiking, and yoga. Are you involved in your community? Yes very much so. I am involved in my church as a Catechist for Sts. Simon and Jude Catholic Church. I am part of FLOC which is Filipino Lawyers of Orange County. And I have been a room mom for my children’s school for years.

Ryan T. Strickland is the founder and principal attorney at The Strickland Firm, a Marietta law firm exclusively handling personal injury cases for plaintiffs in and around Marietta, Georgia. If you’ve been injured in a car, truck or motorcycle accident in Marietta, Ryan T. Strickland is available to represent you in negotiations with the insurance company or litigation in court to get you the best financial recovery for your medical bills, lost wages, pain and suffering and other legal damages. You shouldn’t have to suffer because of another person’s negligence; attorney Ryan T. Strickland is here to make sure you get the care and compensation you need after a devastating accident. Prior to opening his own law practice focused on representing injury victims, Ryan worked as an attorney in several insurance defense firms, including being named as partner in a major insurance defense firm with particular expertise in trucking accident claims. This high level of experience on the defense side helps Ryan go up against these firms and achieve top-dollar for his clients’ claims. Ryan earned both his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Georgia. In law school he was awarded Best Oralist, Best Brief and a National Finalist in the Phillip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. The following year he was a winner at the Honorable Society of King’s Inn Moot Court Competition in Dublin, Ireland. Ryan is a member of the State Bar of Georgia, where he served as a mentor, and a Referral Attorney of the Atlanta Bar Association and Cobb County Bar Association. He is a former Board member for the Trucking Industry Defense Association in Georgia and is Past President of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America (UGA Law Chapter). Marietta personal injury attorney Ryan T. Strickland can be reached at The Strickland Firm by calling 770-420-9900 or 1-844-GAJUSTICE. Your call is free, and there’s no fee unless and until we recover for you.

Martin Garbus has a diverse practice that consists of individuals and companies involved in politics, media, entertainment, and the arts. His courtroom skills have earned him a distinguished reputation as a trial lawyer. Mr. Garbus is experienced in every aspect of litigation and trial, from jury selection to cross-examination to summation. He has argued cases throughout the country involving constitutional, criminal, copyright, and intellectual property law. He has appeared before the United States Supreme Court, as well as trial and appellate courts throughout the United States. He has argued and written briefs that have been submitted to the United States Supreme Court; a number of which have resulted in changes in the law on a nationwide basis, including one described by Justice William Brennan as "probably the most important due process case in the Twentieth Century." An international observer in foreign elections, he was selected by President Jimmy Carter to observe and report on the elections in Venezuela and Nicaragua. Mr. Garbus also participated in drafting several constitutions and foreign laws, including the Czechoslovak constitution. He also has been involved in prisoner exchange negotiations between governments. He is the author of six books and over 30 articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post and The Los Angeles Times. Mr. Garbus is featured in Shouting Fire, an award-winning documentary film about his life and career. He received the Fulbright Award for his work on International Human Rights in 2010. In 2014, University College Dublin's' Literary and Historical Society honored Mr. Garbus with the James Joyce Award for Excellence in Law, which is also the same year Trinity College awarded him for his human rights and free speech work. Mr. Garbus has also taught trial practice at Yale Law School and Constitutional law at Columbia. He has also taught classes in Beijing, China, and Prague, Czech Republic. He has lived and practiced in China and Italy as well as the United States. He authored six books and numerous articles that have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times and numerous legal publications. Mr. Garbus has given hundreds of speeches on various aspects of law before Bar Associations, corporations, law schools, and on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, and other television and radio networks. Martin Garbus’ devotion to ethics, justice, free speech, and the law has garnered enormous respect within the legal community, commercial and corporate sectors, and beyond. His numerous honors include designation in Who’s Who in America, a Profile in the New York Times, inclusion in Who’s Who in Best Lawyers in America, awards from his law school and college, and praise from his numerous high-profile clients.

As much as I consider myself a legal generalist, I am also highly knowledgeable in several areas of law to be able to offer services at a level expected of an expert in his field. Upon graduation from Villanova’s Masters in Taxation program, I embarked on a career that afforded my clients the full spectrum of services from estate planning, including fiduciary taxation, to estate administration and probate. Having worked at accounting firms as well as law firms, I am highly regarded as an expert in my field providing my clients with a complete spectrum of the work I do for them from its inception to completion. In connection with my expertise in international matters having to do with tax and law, I also provide a complete array of services to the import and export business community in connection with their customs requirements and export controls. Having developed a passion for international trade, I embarked on an intensive self study and hands on learning of customs regulations and export controls.

Darryl L. Wynn has been practicing law in New York State since 1988 and has worked in a number of settings, including private firms, government, public authorities and a nonprofit organization. He has had his own law firm since 1992, which is located in the Wall Street-Financial District area of New York City. He has served as Counsel to The Gilman Group, an international strategic alliance consulting and government affairs advocacy firm headed by former U.S. Congressman Benjamin Gilman and based in Washington, DC, since 2006. Darryl Wynn’s practice area is concentrated in U.S. immigration and nationality law, including the defense of removal proceedings in criminal and political asylum related cases, litigation of immigration cases in Federal Court and complex business immigration matters. He is a senior member of the American Immigration Lawyers Association New York Chapter and has been an advisor on immigration law matters to a number of universities and organizations. He has represented a number of hotel and hospitality companies as well as manufacturers and Other employers, as well as artists and scientists of international reknown. He has lectured on Immigration law throughout the United States as well as internationally. Attorney Wynn received his Bachelor of Arts in Political Economy at Princeton University and his Juris Doctor Degree from the City University of New York Law School. He has also studied in the L.L.M in Taxation Program at New York University. He is admitted to practice law in the States of New York and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the District of New York. Prior to his concentration in immigration law, Darryl Wynn practiced in real estate transactional, financing and cooperative/ condominium litigation matters. He was an associate at Fischbein Badillo Wagner as well as at Smollens & Guralnick, and was Special Counsel for Project Development at the New York City Housing Authority. He has also been a member of the American Bar Association, the International Association of Jewish Lawyers and Jurists, and had been the Young Leadership Chairman of the American Jewish Committee New York Chapter.

An adoptive parent himself, Gregory Franklin has experienced first-hand the challenges and joys of adopting a child. Adoptions involve a highly emotional area of law in which any legal misstep can cause devastating effects. With more than 20 years of adoption experience, Greg's goal is to develop a legally secure plan that serves the best interests of the child and respects the wishes and interests of both the adoptive parents and the birth parents. Greg works extensively with Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual and transgendered clients, and has represented clients in cases which have broken new ground in this area. Greg is passionate about adoptions — he is a frequent lecturer and author on ethics and adoption-related topics and he works tirelessly to achieve a positive result for adoption families. In his representation of birth parents, Greg will assist in locating adoptive parents, negotiating open adoption and post-adoption contact agreements, and coordinating the process with the hospital and the adoptive parents. Greg has considerable experience in the developing area of assisted fertility, including surrogacy and gestational carrier agreements, donor embryos and eggs, and in obtaining parentage and pre-birth orders. Greg also helps to create permanent families through stepparent and co-parent adoptions, grandparent adoptions, extended-family custody agreements, foster care arrangements and international adoptions. He will assist in selecting the right avenue for achieving adoption goals, including the decision about whether to pursue domestic or international adoption, the choice between agency and private adoptions, selecting home study resources, managing subsidy and Adoption Tax Credit issues, and locating post-adoption services. If you or someone you know is interested in adoption or assisted fertility, please contact our firm to schedule a consultation with Greg. To learn more about Greg's adoption practice, please visit his adoption website at www.AdoptionNY.com

Attorney Joseph Michael Dickerson and his team of professionals deliver legal solutions for your life and business. Since 1995, Mr. Dickerson has helped hundreds of families and business owners protect everything they have worked so hard for. Will the attorney you hire make a difference when handling your estate planning, real estate, or business transaction needs? If all you are looking for is a quick signature on the bottom of a document, probably not. But if you need to make sure handling your legal papers or dispute today will help you eliminate problems in years to come, there is no question the right attorney can make a difference. Many people only think of hiring a lawyer when something needs to be fixed. I see things differently. I am attorney Joseph Michael Dickerson of Laredo, Texas. Colleagues tell me I'm a different kind of lawyer. I like building things rather than breaking things apart. Since graduating from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio in 1995, I have always focused my career on helping people prevent problems now, so they don't have to fix them later.

Taylor Norton is a registered patent attorney and an engineer. He may be contacted at (504) 858-0198 for a consultation. He has extensive experience covering all forms of intellectual property and performing transactional work covering a wide range of contracts and business transactions, including domestic and international. His practice is focused on serving the needs of clients with patents, trademarks, copyrights, LLC formation, contracting, branding, and product development. His comprehensive IP practice covers patents, trademarks, and copyrights. He has extensive knowledge and experience in corporate and commercial transactions, including technology licensing, contracts, IP assignments, manufacturing agreements, operating agreements, and product development agreements. His patent drafting, prosecution, and technology licensing experience encompasses a wide range of technologies, including computer science, electrical, and electro-mechanical engineering, power generation, oil and gas, civil construction methods, life sciences, chemical compositions, peptides and amino acid sequencing, paint compositions, medical devices and bypass procedures, and mobile applications. He advises clients on domestic and international trademark protection, including the registration, licensing and enforcement of trademark rights. His comprehensive trademark practice helps clients to build, protect and monetize their corporate images, names, brands, products, and business lines. He represents clients in trademark opposition and cancellation proceedings before the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board. Taylor provides strategic counsel to clients on corporate structuring and the formation of business entities, including limited liability companies and special-purpose-entities, meeting the needs of his clients. Taylor is the Author of the legal and business guidebook Louisiana Limited Liability Company: Forms and Practice Manual, published by Data Trace Publishing Company.

Stephen M. Komie, the esteemed founder of Komie and Associates, brings over four decades of robust experience in defending clients across state, federal, and international courts, including both trial and appellate levels. He is widely recognized for his role in several high-profile Illinois cases, including the defense of individuals such as Sandra Fabiano for child abuse charges, and Roland Breault and John Carroccia in notable first-degree murder trials. Throughout his illustrious career, Stephen has secured numerous favorable decisions for his clients in both criminal and civil courts across the United States. Among his notable legal victories is the 1995 landmark decision in the asset forfeiture case, U.S. v. $506,231.00. Further showcasing his adept legal skills, Stephen has represented clients in front of the Illinois Supreme Court on multiple occasions, securing important wins such as the 2017 People v. Ringland decision which challenged unlawful prosecutorial practices. Stephen's contributions to the legal field have been acknowledged through various honors and recognitions. Notably, he represented the legal community as an ambassador in the Rededication of the Magna Carta in Runnymede, England in 2015, marking the 800th anniversary of this foundational legal document. In 2006, he also participated as a delegate at The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction in The Netherlands. His expertise has earned him a place among the Top 100 Trial Lawyers by both The National Trial Lawyers and the American Trial Lawyers Association. To schedule your initial consultation with the Chicago Criminal Defense Lawyer, please contact us online or by calling 312-263-2800.